Static and Variable Text in Present Lite

Adding text to your presentation can provide additional information and context to your slide. There are two types of text that can be added to Lite Presentations: Static text and Variable text fields. Use static text to add your own titles, subtitles, and captions where needed. Use variable text fields to add variables to your slide that are dynamically replaced at runtime with information from the presentation, including values such as the slide name, slide number, presentation name. There is also an option to add AI-driven insights as a variable text field!

Adding static text

To add static text to your presentation:

1. From the toolbox, Click Text.



2. Click the canvas at the point where you would like to add your company name.

A text box is added to the page at the selected point.

3. Type your required text into the text box.

Adding variable text fields

In addition to adding Static text fields, you can also add variable text fields to your presentations. These text fields add variable values to your presentation that are dynamically replaced at runtime with information from the presentation.

To add variable text fields to your presentation:

1. From the toolbox, right-click Add Text Field (green arrow) and select the required text field from the menu options.

The options are described below.



2. Click the canvas at the point where you would like to add your variable.

The #Variable is added to the canvas in a text field. This value will be replaced with the current text field value at runtime. For example, the Presentation Title variable (#StoryboardTitle) is replaced with the name presentation name as shown below:

Tip: You can launch your presentation at runtime by clicking the run button at the top-left of the workspace or clicking F2 on your keyboard.

Text field types

You can add the following basic text field variables:

• Current Date: Today's date.
• Create Date: The date the presentation was created.
• Modified Date: The date the presentation was last modified.
• Created By: The name of the user who created the presentation.
• Modified By: The name of the user who last modified the presentation.
• Presentation Title: The title that the presentation was saved with.
• Description: The description that was added to the presentation when it was saved. Note: This description is captured in the Save dialog.
• Slide Number: The "page" number for this slide. For example, "1" if this is slide 1 of 3.
• Total Slides: The total number of slides in the presentation.
• Slide Name: The name of the slide as defined in the slides panel.

You can also add the following advanced text field types:

• Slide Insights: Adds AI-driven slide-wide insights to a paragraph of text dynamically, based on the slide content.
• Table of Contents: Adds a table of contents to the slide.

Tip: When you add Slide Insights or Tables of Contents, you should be aware that they may require more space on the page than the default text box allows. You should resize the text box accordingly.

Deleting Text

To delete text, right-click he text box and click Delete from the context menu:

Formatting your text

You can select the text box or, for static text, highlight some text to apply styling changes. You can use the ribbon options to change the font type, emphasis (bold or italics), color, and heading style. You can also use the right-click options and text box handles to resize and rotate the box, move it to a more appropriate location on the canvas, and align or distribute it with reference to other items on the canvas.

• Click here for more about formatting from the canvas and context menu
• Click here for more about formatting from the ribbon

Note: There may be text boxes on your slides that you cannot select. These text boxes are part of your underlying theme and cannot be selected, edited, moved, or deleted in Present Lite.

Advanced options

Depending on your permissions, you may also be able to make your text dynamic or graphic in Illustrate. If this has been enabled for you by the Admin, the Open in Illustrate option will be available on the right-click context menu.